==What is this list?==
This readout highlights the partnership between Google
<https://www.blog.google/products/search/connecting-people-covid-19-information-and-resources/>
and Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_COVID-19>
on surfacing COVID-19 data. This digest aims to shed light on user trends
and data sources so that both Google and Wikipedia can more effectively
surface relevant COVID-19 information to users across the globe.
The information shared in this digest will be:
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Updated on a weekly cadence
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Populated/updated by relevant stakeholders by 6pm US PST every Thursday and
sent out Friday morning US PST.
Shared transparently with Google, Wikimedia Foundation, and Wikipedia’s
language communities.
==Google insights==
Top COVID-19 Segments (ranked by Google query volume):
1. Global
2. Top 20 Countries
3. US > State/Territory
4. US > City/Regions
5. Top 30 Countries > Region
6. US > Distribution By Age
7. US > State/Territory > Distribution By Age
8. Global > Distribution By Age
9. US > Distribution By Case Severity
10. US > State/Territory > Distribution By Case Severity
11. Global > Distribution By Cases Severity
12. Global > COVID-19 Policy Changes By Country
==Google roadmap==
Current and planned Wikipedia pages Google is using in the stats card
feature:
Statistic Segment
Description
Status
Source URL(s)
Notes / Feedback
Global (Total)
Total Cases, Total Recoveries, Total Deaths
Live
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_by_count…
Country (Total)
Total Cases, Total Recoveries, Total Deaths
Live
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_by_count…
US > State/ Territory (Total)
Total Cases, Total Recoveries, Total Deaths
Live
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_the_United_States
Global (Daily)
Daily Cases, Total Recoveries, Total Deaths
Live
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_cases/WH…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_deaths/W…
Missing daily recoveries numbers
Country (Daily)
Daily Cases, Total Recoveries, Total Deaths
In Progress (Apr-05)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_by_count…
Pages linked from the main page table
Coverage is not perfect (not available in all countries). Google is hoping
to get info on at least the top 50 countries.
US > State/ Territory (Daily)
Daily Cases, Total Recoveries, Total Deaths
In Progress (Apr-05)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic…
Pages linked from the main page table
Country > Testing
Total Tests, Positive Tests, Tests/Million People, Positive/Thousand Tests
In Progress (Apr-05)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_testing
Information is currently only a snapshot view. Google is still looking for
tests over time.
Global > Age, Gender, Severity
Distribution of cases by age, gender and severity
Planned (Apr-12)
Missing data
Information is limited to a small number of countries. Google is hoping to
get this information for all countries.
Country > Age, Gender, Severity
Distribution of cases by age, gender and severity
Planned (Apr-12)
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_by_countr…
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_by_country_and_territory#covid19-container>
Pages linked from the main page table
Information is limited to a small number of countries. Google is hoping to
get this information for all countries.
US > State/ Territory > Age, Gender, Severity
Distribution of cases by age, gender and severity
Planned (Apr-12)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic…
Pages linked from the main page table
==Wikimedia Foundation updates==
- WMF Tech and Research teams are tracking all Mediawiki-related
COVID-related bug reports and feature requests in Phabricator (with the
covid-19 tag):
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/4648/ –
anyone can submit issues and requests to this tag (or ask a WMF staffer for
help if you're unfamiliar with Phabricator).
==Feedback==
Any additional feedback (ie: data latency issues or inaccuracies on
Google’s reporting of COVID-19 data).
- On March 31, Wikipedians noticed that Greenland was not highlighted on
the Google map visualization as having any cases, likely because Greenland
and Denmark were not separated in the 2019–20_coronavirus_pandemic_data
template – this appears to have been fixed.
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*Maryana Pinchuk* (she/her)
Senior Partnerships Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>